There’s still time to enter the 2026 Stevie® Awards for Women in Business.
The final entry deadline for the 23rd annual competition has been extended from August 19 to September 3, 2026, giving women entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and women-led organizations around the world additional time to submit their nominations.
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business are among the world’s leading awards recognizing the achievements of women in the workplace. More than 300 award categories are available for 2026, providing opportunities to recognize individual women, entrepreneurs, executives, employees, teams, organizations, achievements, products, and initiatives.
New AI and Technology Awards for 2026
One of the biggest additions to this year’s competition is an extensive new group of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Technology categories.
These new awards recognize women and women-led organizations that are developing, implementing, and leading advances in AI and emerging technologies.
The categories cover a wide range of achievements, including individual leadership, organizations, teams and departments, AI achievements, products and solutions, and digital and emerging technologies.
New individual honors include:
- AI Leader of the Year
- AI Ethics & Responsible AI Leader of the Year
- AI Product Leader of the Year
- AI Researcher of the Year
- AI Rising Star of the Year
- Woman of the Year in Artificial Intelligence
- Cybersecurity Leader of the Year
- Data & Analytics Leader of the Year
The expanded category group provides new opportunities to recognize women not only for developing technology, but also for using AI and emerging technologies to transform organizations, improve business functions, create innovative products and services, and deliver meaningful impact.
More Than 300 Ways to Recognize Achievement
In addition to the new AI and Technology categories, the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business include awards for achievements in:
- Communications, marketing, and public relations
- Women-owned and women-led companies and organizations
- Individual women
- Media developed for or by women
- New products and services developed for or by women
- Social media
- Sustainability
- Thought leadership
Popular individual categories include Best Female Entrepreneur, Female Executive of the Year, Mentor or Coach of the Year, Lifetime Achievement Award, Employee of the Year, and Most Innovative Women of the Year.
All female entrepreneurs, executives, employees, and the organizations they run, worldwide, are eligible to be nominated.
A Truly International Competition
The Stevie Awards for Women in Business attract nominations from organizations around the world. In 2025, the competition received more than 1,500 nominations from organizations in more than 48 nations.
More than 200 leading professionals worldwide will judge the 2026 nominations. Entrants will also receive access to the judges’ comments and suggestions about their nominations, providing valuable feedback regardless of the final award result.
Enter by September 3
The extended September 3 final entry deadline is the last opportunity to submit nominations for the 2026 competition.
Finalists will be announced on September 16, and Gold, Silver, and Bronze Stevie Award winners will be celebrated at the 2026 Stevie Awards for Women in Business ceremony on November 16 in New York City.
Visit Women.StevieAwards.com to review the categories, request an entry kit, and submit nominations.
